Geophagus

[oldgeezer]

I need help! I would like to know how should you set your tank up for breeding and also the best type of food to feed them.
Thank you in advance for your help

[mark razmandi]

what type of geos? you need sand, maybe some slate for them to lay eggs on.. but mostly, they will dig pits in the sand to lay the eggs. they will get very aggressive towards anyone else while breeding. nothing really special is required to make them breed except for them to feel unthreatened because more often than not, they will swallow all their eggs at the slightest disturbance.

[mark razmandi]

as far as food, blood worms, and tetra color bits with nls 1mm as a staple is the best. geos need a large vegetable diet added in as well and you can do this with peeled peas, zuchinni, etc, depending on what your geos will take. mine wont touch zuchinni but i know some peoples who will. mine also like market shrimp but my geos are 8in or so

[TaTeR ToT]

i second everyhting mark said.
as a general rule, for any geos a 75g tank is required for adult size.

you can keep upto 6 of just about any variant in a 75g.
for every 4-6 more geos youll want another 55g capacity.

as far as a staple diet ive had better results colorwise with tetra color bits then i did nls.

also they seem more eager to eat color bits.

feed often atleast 3 times a day with a staple diet.

ive started feeding my geos peeled peas and mango slices on a screwcumber.

also, zuchini should be boiled before trying to give it to them, it makes it easier for them to take pieces and to digest.

with my old colony of wild caught geos i fed them frozen brine and mysis shrimp along with blood worms and daphni every day.

it helped them grow quickly.

probably the best substrate ive used is leslies pool filter sand.

its poerfect grain size.

also they need huge filtration.

most geos will breed in good water alone, but alot of them need a low low ph and super soft water.
much like peat bombed water for altums.

[TaTeR ToT]

also as a note, geos dont like alot of flow in their tank.